BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 211 
April, and at one time thought they must occasionally remain to breed ; 
but after much careful watching, in which I was assisted by my friends, 
I came to the conclusion that they all depart, sooner or later, to breed 
on the North American continent. Hungry Bay is a favorite resort of 
these fine birds. I have seen six or seven there together, chasing one 
another, darting at the little fish in the pools, and uttering their harsh, 
rattling cry. They affect the same hunting grounds, especially those 
birds that remain for the winter, and day after day, as one drives past 
the creeks and sheltered bays, one sees the same solemn-looking indi- 
vidual on the accustomed rock or cedar-bough, one eye on the fish in 
the water below, the other on the passers by. 
Sub-order CUCULL. 
Family CUCULIDA. 
Sub-family COCCYGINA. 
Genus COCcCYZUS, Bp. 
67. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus, (Wils.) Bp. Black-billed Cuckoo. 
Cuculus erythrophthalmus, Wils., Steph., Hart. 
Coccyzus erythrophthalmus, Bp., Aud., Gir., Gray, and later writers. 
Piaya erythrophthalma, Less. i 
Erythrophrys erythrophthalmus, Bp. 
Coccygus erythropthalmus, Cab., Bd., Hayd., Lawr., B. B. & R. 
Coccyzus dominicus, Nutt. 
Length, about 12.00; wing, 5.00; tail, 6.50. 
Hab.—North America to Rocky Mountains; north to Labrador; south 
through Mexico and Central America to the Valley of the Amazon 3 
Cuba, rarely; no other Antillean record; said to winter in Florida; 
accidental in Europe. (Coues.) 
The first example recorded was shot by Gibbs early in October, 187 4, 
at the same time as a number of the succeeding species, C. americanus, 
from which its smaller bill, less white on the tips of the tail-feathers, 
and red ring round the eye, at once distinguish it. Mr. Bartram also 
obtained a specimen that autumn, and I found two others in his collee- 
tion, labeled C. americanus. I saw one near Devonshire Bay on the 
19th April, 1875, and one (probably the same) was brought to me on 
the 30th of that month from Hungry Bay. Lieutenant Hopegood, of 
the Ninety-seventh Regiment, shot one of a pair in a potato-field near 
Devonshire Bay on the 8th May, 1875. I imagine this species has 
occurred more frequently than the records tend to show, not having 
been distinguished from its larger-billed congener. 
